Amazon has launched its latest analysis of the company’s regional investment across the UK. The 2022 Amazon UK Economic Impact Hub shows that the company has invested more than £1 billion in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire since 2010.
The Amazon UK Economic Impact Hub provides regional data on jobs created by Amazon locally, the number of regional independent small businesses supported by the company, the level of economic activity driven by Amazon’s investments and the export sales recorded last year by small businesses in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire selling on Amazon.
Below are the key stats covering the region:
- Since 2010, Amazon has invested over £1 billion in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
- This investment led to the production of goods and services that contributed an estimated £1.3 billion to the region’s GDP since 2010.
- To date, Amazon has created around 8,000 full and part-time jobs in the East Midlands.
- More than 400 people in the East Midlands have completed Amazon’s employability skills training programme since 2010.
- More than 200 apprentices in East Midlands have qualified from the Amazon Apprenticeship programme since 2010.
- In Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire there are more than 2,000 small and medium-sized businesses selling on Amazon as independent selling partners.
- Small businesses from the region selling on Amazon recorded over £50 million of export sales in 2021.
- In partnership with the charity Magic Breakfast, Amazon delivered more than 240,000 healthy breakfasts to vulnerable children and schools across the East Midlands in 2021.
“Amazon is a proud member of the community in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire investing over £1 billion in the region since 2010 to support local businesses, create jobs and make a positive contribution to the regional economy,” said Vivek Khanka, General Manager at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Sutton-in-Ashfield. “We help more than 2,000 small businesses across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire sell on Amazon and reach customers around the world, and we also continue to support community organisations across the region through donations and volunteering. Recently, we have donated to a range of good causes including Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice while working with Magic Breakfast to deliver healthy breakfasts to vulnerable children and schools.”
